The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announced that the voter registration in NCR Plus would resume on Monday, May 17, after it was placed under general community quarantine (GCQ) beginning May 15.
Comelec said the voter registration will be open from Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“Just recently the President announced that the NCR and the provinces of Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite and Laguna, which were under MECQ, have been categorized to GCQ. With that beginning Monday, Comelec will be resuming registrations in these areas from Mondays to Fridays, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,” Comelec executive director Bartolome Sinocruz Jr. said.
So far, Comelec said there are 58.9 million registered voters in the country.
Meanwhile, the commission said campaigning which is considered a “superspreader event” such as political rallies in the upcoming elections would be restricted.
According to Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez, they will lay down rules on going to political rallies.
Voter registration in NCR Plus resumes May 17: Comelec
“We will be proposing and putting into place guidelines that will restrict kung kakayanin ng mga tao na mag-gather sa public rallies,” said Jimenez.
“Dapat ay mayroong limit doon sa puwedeng mag-attend. Of course, i-insist natin na kailangan kung mag-a-attend ka, dapat naka-face mask at face shield ka,” he added.
The Department of Health (DOH) also opposes any kind of mass gathering during the campaign and elections, especially if a small portion of the population will be vaccinated.
“It’s not just the wearing of face mask, face shield we’re talking about but also making sure that we practice physical distancing and more importantly, no mass gatherings until perhaps after a lot of us have been vaccinated,” said DOH Health Promotion and Communications Director Dr. Beverly Ho.
The DOH also reminded that gatherings are small and are held in a well-ventilated or well-ventilated area.
For Ho, campaign organizers have a big responsibility.
“Doon sa pag-set up niyo pa lang ng area mame-make sure niyo na makakapag-physical distance po – so those types of mechanisms are what we would be expecting from responsible organizers of these events and hopefully they will be very, very small,” said Ho.
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